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Leading With Influence

Creating Your Personal Leadership Style

Clint Schroeder, DGND

Introductions Defining leadership Leading Volunteers Characteristics of great leaders Personal leadership Creating your personal leadership approach Five Fears of Leadership Five Truths of Leadership Parting Thoughts

Welcome and Agenda

©Copyright 2009

Good leadership is difficult to define, but you know it when you see it.

What is Leadership?

“Being in leadership is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, then you aren’t.”

-Margaret Thatcher

Well Said!

“The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.” ~Peter Drucker

“Leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.”~John C Maxwell

“Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.”~Alan Keith

“Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.”~Warren Bennis

Definitions of Leadership

Honesty/integrity Trustworthy Fair & equitable Positive attitude Strong vision Inspiring Organized “Walk their talk” Listen

Respectful Supportive Make things happen Values & ethics Motivate others Created opportunities Safe space

Characteristics of Good Leaders

Attributes or personal qualities Are as much about the person’s way of being as

they are about what s/he accomplished Demonstrate a belief in something greater Invite others to also contribute to something

greater

Characteristics of Good Leaders

Unique to you Comes from within yourself It is your way of “being” It is the way you “bring yourself” to the situation Begins where behavior and values align Personal leadership has 6 significant parts

All Leadership Is Personal Leadership

Is there a difference in required technique? Our organization is no stronger than its leaders. Committed leaders increase value to members. Value increases participation from the members. Participation strengthens the organization from the

inside out. For this to happen, there must be leaders who lead.

Remember: You can not lead your team any further than you have traveled yourself.

Volunteers vs. Paid Employees

Leading where you are (with what you have) Vision Presence Embodying Values/Modeling the way Enabling others Making contribution

Creating Your Personal Leadership

What can you do right now in this moment with what you have?

What would make a difference right now? What is the small thing that matters?

Lead Where You Are

Vision can be defined as: a vivid mental image; the formation of a mental image of

something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses;

a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance

Vision

Your world view The “more” or “greater than” you want to contribute to The thing you want to make “present to the senses” What you want to create

Vision

“What you are speaks louder than anything you have to say”. -David Beck

Your presence is how people feel when they are around you. This includes how safe they feel, what you bring out of them, how you listen, how and what you share of yourself.

Your Leadership “Presence”?

Alignment between beliefs and behaviors “Walking the talk” Modeling the way—demonstrating values through

actions not telling (do as I do) “Becoming the change you want to see in the

world.” -Gandhi

Embodying Values

“The greatest gift you can give to others is not to

show them your greatness, but to reveal to them their own.” -unknown

Enabling Others

How can you combine the small things to make a difference in a bigger way?

How can you use your personal leadership/way of being to help others?

Making Contribution

Pick one leadership trait you want to develop and consciously explore it for the next 30 days.

Take 15 minutes at the end of each day, record what you observed and experienced

30 Day Invitation

What did you observe about where you embody and where you espouse your values?

What actions did you take to bring your values and actions more into alignment?

What went well? / What did not go well?What was the impact?What will you do differently next time?Celebrate what you did well

The Power of Reflection

True Leaders Must Overcome

FIVE FEARS

The UnknownTurning the unknown into adventure will give you permission to succeed.

1

AbandonmentHumans are pack animals – it is natural to be afraid of being alone.

2

FailureIs it Failure or Defeat?  Defeat is when life crumbles around you, and you stay in it but do nothing to climb out.

Get knocked down one hundred times – get back up one hundred and one! 3

Rejection

What if they say no? What is the worst that could happen?

4

Success

Some people are never actually taught the definition of Success – and how to handle it when it comes our way.

5

If not You? Then Who?

Close your eyes… Imagine a world without the generosity of

others: In 2011, Americans gave almost $300B to

charitable organizations* (and that was what was big enough to claim!)

It is estimated that Americans actually give closer to $450B per year

Bill Gates is only worth $61B

Source: NPS.Gov

How the $300B is Given:

73%

5%

14%8%

Total Giving

IndividualsCorporationsFoundationsBequests

Over the last 10 years, in a recession economy – that equates to $3T in giving

Time is Money, Right?

1 Second = $1 $1M = 11 Days $1B = 95 Years $1T = 31,688 Years

$3T = 95,064Years

That, my friends, is the scope of what we do.

True Leaders Must Overcome

FIVE TRUTHS

RespectThe result of people trusting you, and wanting you to share their journey with them. 

Nothing better than sharing the same crusade.

1

ReputationIs not created during a relationship. It is created after.  It is the feeling that we leave people with after they are directly involved with us.

Community service builds perception and awareness. 2

IntegrityThe result of respect and reputation coming together to create the belief that I can trust who you are and can count on you to do what you say you will do.

3

AccountabilityA person who has accepted the responsibility to lead, must do it with a passion to improve the organization and not a fear of being disliked. A leader fully accepts accountability.

4

ChangeRespect the tradition of yesterday, but do not be held hostage by those traditions. You must move forward in the spirit of improvement.  

5

Parting Thoughts:

Accept volunteers for WHO they are. Recognize what people want to do – and follow through. ASK – then ACT. Lead by example. Be accountable (dashboard, strategy). Maintain the Four Way Test. Maintain integrity. Be a change agent. Be an OPEN communicator. Be a Steward – not a Dictator.

Get involved. Lead.